rogeruk

Mar 1 2006, 09:46 AM

Hey,

Anyone actually recieved one of these yet? i applied once for their Microsoft Security Patch CD's by the time it arrived the patches were out of date lol. Cant really go wrong with a free pen drive tho. Just sent my application out see what happens

Thanks for the link, quite suprising what is floating about that you dont know about.

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rogeruk

Mar 1 2006, 10:02 AM

I just did it like 10 mins ago lol.. Not sure if this link will work but what the hell.

https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfile...bc5a9&lcid=1033

I used the link posted and clicked on...


Then it took me to another page and so on.. hope it works

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Inspiron

Mar 1 2006, 01:06 PM

It doesn't work for me.. I kept clicking on that picture but nothing came up. No popups, no redirection, basically no linkages nothing..
Somehow it seemed like a dummy link to me..

If I could get the flash drive, probably I would reformat it and use it for my personal use.. I bet many will do the same...

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